Chief Rabbi of Israel Rabbi Obadia Yosef in conference with Rabbi Baruch Ben Haiim and Rabbi Halfon Savdie. Ahava ve Ahba 1974
Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will recount it to thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee. (Deuteronomy 32:7)
This organization shall be known as HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF JEWS FROM EGYPT, and not of Egypt or of Egyptian Jews, but FROM EGYPT
Ahaba ve Ahva
New Building Inaugurated September 2008
Ahaba Inauguration Part 1/3 from ahaba.org on Vimeo.
Established in Cairo, Egypt 1928
4 Midan el Daher Cairo, Egypt. It's first Gabaii was Haim Soliman
Board Members 1965-1966
Saul Chamoula, Joseph Hamaoui, < ?? > Joseph Barnathan, Rabbi Abraham Choueka. Picture taken in the backyard of the Magen David synagogue 67 street Brooklyn, NY 1965-1966
Egypt 1949-50 - Pictures © provided by Mr. Albert Savdie (1996)
Rabbi Saad Mounir(in black and a tarboush), Rabbi Abraham Choueka (middle in black), Albert Savdie (far right), .. others unknown. Picture taken between October 1956 and before 1957.
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef
front row in middle,
First row right ALBERT AGAMI - X-David Agami, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef,
Lily Agami -X- Joseph Hamaoui (SOUSOU)
Second row right Mimo Esses, # 4 Albert Khodari - x- Albert
Beyda, Choueka, Salamon Sakkal
Top Maurice antebi (1950)
The Ahaba ve Ahva synagogue is the first Jewish Egyptian congregation in the United States. Established in 1963 on a rented space provided by the Magen David congregation on 2066 67 street in Brooklyn NY 11204.
Its first rabbi was Halfon Savdie, with a committee made up of Mr. Gabriel Chehebar, Joseph Barnathan, Salomon Harari, Joseph Hamaoui, Joseph Soffer, Chaya Israel, Isaac Salem, Saul Chamoula.
In 1977 Rabbi Halfon Savdie moved to Israel and was succeeded by Rabbi David Choueka, followed by Rabbi Jacob Israel. In 1984 Rabbi Shimon Hai Alouf serving as rabbi of the congregation and Chief rabbi of the Jews From Egypt.
Rabbi David Choueka accepting the deed of the Ahaba for a new building from Mr. Edmund Saffra pres. of Republic National Bank. The ceremony took place in the second floor of the Young Israel of Ocean Parkway.
In 1979 the congregation moved to its new building 1801 Ocean Parkway Brooklyn, NY 11223
Visiting Rabbi Obadia Yosef Chief Rabbi of Israel is being rosted by Hacham Joseph Hamoui Front looking up is Mr. Chaya Israel, next to Gabriel Chehebar, Rabbi Jacob Kassin sitting on left next to Rabbi Rubin, center is Rabbi Ovadia Yosef Chief Rabbi of Israel speaker is Joseph Hamaoui Rabbi Halfon Savdie is next and Isaac Salem on right standing. -1975
Rabbi Kalmanovitch of Mir Yeshiva addressing the Ahaba ve Ahva congregation during the inaugural of the new synagogue
